Comment on GOG reportedly suffering from staff turnover and poor management: “Current business model is likely running out of steam”

• NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Epic exists on Linux to the same degree gog does: heroic launcher.

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  • aramova@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Also, fuck Epic and the ass they rode in on.

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    • SplashJackson@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I liked when they made Jill of a Jungle, Unreal, and One Must Fall 2097

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      • Lawnman23@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Holy shit, a OMF mention?!?

        fistbump

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      • Rooty@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah, Epic Megagames were a part of my childhood, it’s sad to see them turn into another greedy coroporation.

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    • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes yes, bitch eating crackers and all that.

      But can we maybe focus on what they actually are shit at (which is a lot) rather than manufacturing virtue for other companies?

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      • pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’m not sure which part of that guys comment suggests anything other other than “fuck epic,” but here’s a short and sweet list:

        • Designing a service for their customers instead of relying on paid exclusivity
        • Halfway decent customer support
        • Unreal Engine 5’s performance
        • Keeping their old of games accessible
        • Not scamming kids out of virtual money

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  • TheEntity@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not nearly the same degree. GOG sells actual Linux games with no 3rd party software necessary to play them. The same cannot be said about EGS, one simply cannot launch an EGS game in an officially supported way.

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    • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      For a very limited subset of games, they provide linux binaries. For the rest? You are up a creek and in the realm of “Figure it out”. Which… is generally the Heroic Launcher (or Lutris for a subset) which puts you in the same boat as Epic.

      If you insist upon saying one store is more virtuous than the other… okay? I personally don’t like defending companies but you do you.

      But for the vast majority of games? Epic and GoG are in the same category as basically everything but Steam. And both are in the exact same category regarding launchers and download services since they both heavily rely on the Heroic Launcher (which is awesome).

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      • TheEntity@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        If you insist upon saying one store is more virtuous than the other… okay? I personally don’t like defending companies but you do you.

        Could you please not put words into my mouth? Neither is “virtuous” and I am not defending them. Let’s stick to the facts instead. It’s clear that EGS is being actively hostile towards Linux, while GOG is merely negligent. EGS actively removed Linux support from previously supported games on at least one occasion (Rocket League).

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    • woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      GOG sells actual Linux games with no 3rd party software necessary to play them.

      Ah yes, stand-alone binary installers that work only on a very tiny set of Linux versions because they rely on specific version of system libraries, sometimes contain distribution-specific hardcoded paths, and so on. I especially like those older Linux ports that exclusively target Nvidia drivers because why would anyone just have coded to the OpenGL standard back then…

      We have Flatpak Runtimes and Steam Linux Runtimes since years. CD Project / GOG can’t even be bothered to pick these existing open source solutions.

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• pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The approved competitor to a monopoly is… *checks notes* a wannabe monopoly that’s trying to buy their way into the position by providing less for the customer and instead bribing the publishers for exclusivity?

  No, thanks. I would rather stick with the existing monopoly than reward Epic’s anticompetitive and anti-consumer bullshit.

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  • pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes, I never said that they are good, just that they exist.

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    • pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I guess, yeah. I will say, though: it feels morally wrong to acknowledge their existence, and thus give them legitimacy as a competitor to Steam, GOG, and Itch.

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• amstafff@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Wdym I’m playing several games on arch through epic games since I got them for free

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